sales/employee ratios:
Amazon: 670k Walmart: 220k
Assuming the ratio stays the same, when Amazon gets to Walmart level sales, it will need about 700k employees which is still 1/3 of Walmart's current employee count.
Amazon: 670k Walmart: 220k
Assuming the ratio stays the same, when Amazon gets to Walmart level sales, it will need about 700k employees which is still 1/3 of Walmart's current employee count.
Self-driving vehicles will probably replace the need for most of these employees, however.
What am I missing?
Although I suspect a compressed air tank with enough capacity would be way too heavy for a drone to carry.
The power to weight ratio is the key issue. Also -- noise could be an issue too -- want to have quiet deliveries.
I'm thinking parcel cannon + small airbag bumpers and maybe a little parachute to slow decent at exactly the right time :)
Shit, with retarded patent system in US someone is already patenting this as you read my post.
I agree that the last-mile driver will stick around for a bit longer, but their number is relatively small.
For example: UPS owns 100k vehicles, worldwide[1].
In comparison, over 3 million people are employed by the transportation industry in the US alone[2].
[1] http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/facts/worldwide.html